外文原版-MULTISCALE_MODELING_DIGIMAT_TO_ANSYS.pdf

Multi-Scale Modeling of Composite Materials and Structures with DIGIMAT to ANSYS Document Version 1.0, February 2009 Copyright, e-Xstream engineering, 2009 info@e-X www.e-X Materials: Engineering Plastics, Reinforced Plastics. e-Xstream Technology: DIGIMAT, Digimat-MF, Digimat-FE, Digimat to ANSYS, MAP. Complementary CAE Technology: Moldflow, Moldex3D, SigmaSoft, ANSYS. Industry: Material Suppliers, Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Industrial Products. TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 Material Multi-Scale Modeling: an introduction 2 FE Homogenization: an application to nanocomposites 5 Modeling Filler Clustering, a typical nanoeffect 5 Result Comparison 7 FE/MFH Coupled Computation: an application to an industrial part 9 Problem Description 9 Material Modeling 10 Simulation Results 11 Bibliography 12 Legal Notice. eX, eXdigimat and e-Xstream engineering are registered trademarks of e-Xstream engineering SA. The other product and company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 1 | P a g e C o p y r i g h t © e - X s t r e a m e n g i n e e r i n g , 2 0 0 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this paper, we briefly introduce two multi-scale modeling approaches, namely the Mean-Field (MFH) and Finite Element Homogenization (FEH) methods. These powerful techniques relate the microscopic and macroscopic stress and strain fields when modeling material behaviors and hence can captur